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114
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Timo Vesala publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Timo Vesala sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 677 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Timo Vesala D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Timo Vesala sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 114 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Timo Vesala is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover multiple areas including:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Tree-ring Climate Responses
  • Climate Variability and Models

Timo Vesala has published several recent papers, some of the most significant among them are:

  • "Standards and Open Access are the ICOS Pillars Reply to 'Comments on The Integrated Carbon Observation System in Europe'", 2023, published in HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • "The Integrated Carbon Observation System in Europe", 2021, published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "The urban measurement station SMEAR III: Continuous monitoring of air pollution and surface-atmosphere interactions in Helsinki, Finland", 2024, published in Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • "Long-term measurements of surface fluxes above a Scots pine forest in Hyytiälä, southern Finland, 1996-2001", 2024, published in Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive
  • "Leaf carbon and water status control stomatal and nonstomatal limitations of photosynthesis in trees", 2020, published in New Phytologist

Frequent co-authors working alongside Timo Vesala include:

  • Ivan Mammarella
  • Pasi Kolari
  • Markku Kulmala
  • Annalea Lohila
  • Mika Aurela

The scientist's work often appears in well-established publication venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive
  • Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • Biogeosciences
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Timo Vesala has also contributed to book publications, including a volume published by the Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science titled Wpływ zmian klimatu na środowisko leśne / Impacts of climate change on forest environment, released in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Europe-wide reduction in primary productivity caused by the heat and drought in 2003

    Ph. Ciais;M. Reichstein;N. Viovy;A. Granier

  • FLUXNET: A New Tool to Study the Temporal and Spatial Variability of Ecosystem-Scale Carbon Dioxide, Water Vapor, and Energy Flux Densities

    Dennis Baldocchi;Eva Falge;Lianhong Gu;Richard Olson

  • On the Separation of Net Ecosystem Exchange into Assimilation and Ecosystem Respiration: Review and Improved Algorithm

    Markus Reichstein;Eva Falge;Dennis Baldocchi;Dario Papale

  • Estimates of the annual net carbon and water exchange of forests: the EUROFLUX methodology

    Marc Aubinet;Achim Grelle;Andreas Ibrom;Üllar Rannik

  • Gap filling strategies for defensible annual sums of net ecosystem exchange

    E. Falge;D. Baldocchi;R. Olson;P. Anthoni

  • Respiration as the main determinant of carbon balance in European forests

    R. Valentini;G. Matteucci;A. J. Dolman;E.-D. Schulze

  • Towards a standardized processing of Net Ecosystem Exchange measured with eddy covariance technique: algorithms and uncertainty estimation

    Dario Papale;Markus Reichstein;Marc Aubinet;Eleonora Canfora

  • The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data

    Gilberto Pastorello;Carlo Trotta;Eleonora Canfora;Housen Chu

  • Environmental controls over carbon dioxide and water vapor exchange of terrestrial vegetation

    B.E Law;E Falge;L Gu;D.D Baldocchi

  • Net carbon dioxide losses of northern ecosystems in response to autumn warming

    Shilong Piao;Philippe Ciais;Pierre Friedlingstein;Philippe Peylin

  • Eddy covariance : a practical guide to measurement and data analysis

    Marc Aubinet;Timo Vesala;Dario Papale

  • Productivity overshadows temperature in determining soil and ecosystem respiration across European forests

    I. A. Janssens;H. Lankreijer;G. Matteucci;A. S. Kowalski

  • CO2 balance of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests derived from a global database

    Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Sebastiaan Luyssaert;I. Inglima;M. Jung;A. D. Richardson

  • Advantages of diffuse radiation for terrestrial ecosystem productivity

    Lianhong Gu;Dennis Baldocchi;Shashi B. Verma;T. A. Black

  • Atmospheric composition change: Ecosystems–Atmosphere interactions

    D. Fowler;Kim Pilegaard;M.A. Sutton;Per Ambus

  • Deriving a light use efficiency model from eddy covariance flux data for predicting daily gross primary production across biomes

    Wenping Yuan;Shuguang Liu;Guangsheng Zhou;Guoyi Zhou

  • Station for Measuring Ecosystem-Atmosphere Relations: SMEAR

    Pertti Hari;Eero Nikinmaa;Toivo Pohja;Erkki Siivola

  • Gap filling strategies for long term energy flux data sets

    Eva Falge;Dennis D. Baldocchi;Richard Olson;Peter Anthoni

  • Evidence for Soil Water Control on Carbon and Water Dynamics in European Forests during the Extremely Dry Year: 2003

    A. Granier;M. Reichstein;N. Bréda;I.A. Janssens

  • Comparison of different chamber techniques for measuring soil CO2 efflux

    Jukka Pumpanen;Pasi Kolari;Hannu Ilvesniemi;Kari Minkkinen

Frequent Co-Authors

Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Ivan Mammarella
Ivan Mammarella University of Helsinki
Pertti Hari
Pertti Hari University of Helsinki
Üllar Rannik
Üllar Rannik University of Helsinki
Janne Rinne
Janne Rinne Lund University
Jukka Pumpanen
Jukka Pumpanen University of Eastern Finland
Pasi Kolari
Pasi Kolari University of Helsinki
Mika Aurela
Mika Aurela Finnish Meteorological Institute
Eero Nikinmaa
Eero Nikinmaa University of Helsinki
Mari Pihlatie
Mari Pihlatie University of Helsinki

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